Towards the Hunt! [Deacan/Ekitai/Kastiel]

[Deacan]

name; Alpha Wolf
rank; c
description; Blood and meat, that’s all you are to the five 200 lb Dire Wolves were bringing in to tear you too shreds. Peak instincts, razor sharp teeth and claws as well as wicked speed should be more then enough to ravage the ordinary ninja. Add in their exceptional ability to coordinate attacks and you have a real threat on your hands.
reward; 50 experience, 1,000 ryo
minimum shinobi; one
mission status; interminable

Deacan woke up as always. The village was bustling though, unlike normal. Even this early in the day, ninjas were running around everywhere. Some were teaching students, others grabbing supplies. It wasn't like Deacan to wake up late, but it happened sometimes. He sat up and meditated a bit, before getting a bath and heading to the village. He always had to go through the village to make his rounds and check on the weaker and elder members of the village. It was something similar to a morning ritual to him, though the increase in ninjas around the village made it rather difficult to move around without having to deal with the constant sound of running.

Deacan made it around the village, checking on people to make sure they were feeling well. He sighed as he found they were all in good health today. To most medics, this was a blessing, but to Deacan, it meant he got less practice on his jutsu. Using people to practice his techniques was one of his favorite hobbies, and to have that rendered impossible, even temporarily, annoyed him. So, he went around the village a bit longer before going to the tower. There was a line outside the tower already, meaning almost everyone in the village had gotten or was finishing a mission.

Deacan waited in line and got in. There was nothing left for him specifically, or at least nothing that suited his tates. He grabbed the first mission he could find and walked out of the tower. It was a mission to go hunting for a wolf, and a big one at that. They weren't sure on the number, but it was going to be rather difficult for Deacan to deal with a killing mission. He was a medic by virtue of his techniques and that didn't help with speedy killing. He looked around and waited outside for his partner. The scroll had listed a man with the surname Hozuki as his partner. This was something Deacan dreamed of quite often. The ability to study the anatomy of someone like the Hozuki, Sasanagi, or other physically modified clans.

He waited outside with a sign scrawled in the dirt infront of him. It said "Hozuki, Ekitai" and had the word "Caretaker" scrawled under it in very small print, in case he got one wrong, there were two ways to identify him. Unbeknownst to Deacan, he was assigned a third partner though. One he had met before.

[The Dude]

Ekitai made his way through the village calmly as people moved out of his way as he appeared to be a very important man in fine clothes. It made travelling much simpler when people truly appreciated that the formal had the right of way and were most likely in a position to do something about it if you didn't get out of their way. The corner of his mouth curled into a slight smirk at the thought of it as he continued down the roads alone towards the mission compound. As he went he passed by a peculiar site, a young boy standing by his name written in the dirt... strange but for the moment none of his concern as he continued to up the stairs to the mission compound before stepping inside.

Once inside, again the shinobi found even ninja of the village departing from his path as he made his way to the front. Strange he had never been in this building before in his life while serving the village faithfully, but he had been retained by his family at the request of Kiri's royal family for a more personalized style of work tending to the family and their needs. However there was little to do and the family had given him a 'vacation' from his work. During his alleged vacation he received a letter saying informing him he was to report for Genin work doing missions like any other ninja during this time. What was the point of a vacation if you simply changed jobs?

Either way, Ekitai made it to the front desk and asked the woman for his assignment only to discover she had allowed another shinobi to take it as his partner and go out to search for him. The Hozuki held his own head in his hands rubbing his temples from the headache this caused him to learn he had passed his partner out on the street already, not to mention he had been given a partner! Undeniable annoyance seemed to seep from every pore in his body as he considered that they considered him such a novice to work with a team, but quickly grabbed hold of a copy the mission reading over the scroll before regaining some measure of composure.

He stood at the counter thinking back to the boy outside of the compound who had written his name in the dirt and stood for a moment pondering his merits from what he had seen. He was young, but then again most genin usually were much younger than Ekitai himself so that was nothing he could judge him on well. His clothes though... his clothes had actually been nicer than most of the casual clothes by kiri shinobi, if only just. Ekitai considered it to be some what casual/formal but that was still leaving room for formal which was far better than he expected out of most shinobi these days. He was about to leave when the lady called him back to attention snatching the scroll from him before editing the word partner to partners and scrawling yet another name on the scroll...

"Reiko Inuzuka?" He questioned out loud almost to himself more to the woman before fixing her with a gold stare from behind his monocle. "I've never even heard of her, how do you expect me to find her?"

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[Kastiel]

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[atrb=background,http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr350/superbubblet/TLB/backgrounds/bg260.png] Reiko lay on her couch, staring blankly out a nearby window and rubbing the fabric of her Hitai-ate absentmindedly. She looked over at her ninken, Arashi, who was curled in a ball and sleeping near the door. The girl glanced at the clock and saw that, once again, she was late for her mission. Standing up, she grabbed her weapons and kunai holster and slid them into the appropriate spot, the holster being on her upper thigh and weapon into a sheath on her back. She walked out the door, nudging Arashi lightly with her foot on the way by. The wolf stood up and followed her master. Outside, the weather was normal for Kiri which was mist, mist and more mist. Reiko decided to stop at a Ramen shop since she never had a chance to grab breakfast. The closest one was owned by a sweet old man and his wife. She sat down and smiled at the old mans wife, who smiled back and handed her a bowel of miso ramen. Reiko nodded in thanks and grabbed a pair of chopsticks. She finished quickly and pulled out a bunch of change from her pocket, slapping it on the counter and walking away quickly in case it wasn't enough. Reiko was already about half an hour late, she did not want to be even more. Quickly, Reiko ran toward the mission compound and up the stairs with Arashi slowly trailing behind. Most of the shinobi had already been assigned their mission and were leaving to go get their supplies. She turned to a guard and asked him what her mission was. He grumbled and pointed to a scroll. Reiko picked it up and opened it, revealing her mission. It didn't state the specifics, it just said that she was to find two people, who just happen to be people she was unfamiliar with, and that was all. "How am I supposed to find somebody I have never met! This is ridiculous, I -" She was cut off by the guard who tapped on her shoulder and pointed to a room. "One of the people is in there." He said and went back to whatever it is that he was doing. Reiko nodded and walked toward the room. Time to start the mission Word Count: 383 Jutsu Used: -Jutsu name (Rank here) -Jutsu name (rank here)

[The Dude]

Ekitai was told to wait for the third member of their party in the room, which he did for some twenty minutes. He turned around as he heard the sound of foodsteps and claws on the floor coming from the doorway behind him. A young shinobi stepped through the door with longer dark hair and a wolf following after her slowly. He smiled politely at her taking note of the wolf and making the connection that she was in fact the third member of their party. She wasn't the first Inuzuka shinobi to live in Kirigakure no Sato and she wouldn't be the last so Ekitai already somewhat familiar with what the clan was famous for. Their canine companions

"Reiko I presume? Let's save our introductions for when our team is fully assembled shall we? We have a third member I accidentally passed by outside before I knew I would actually be working with a team today. If you care to follow me, I'll lead the way to him now and we can all get acquainted with each other before we begin our assignment for the day. This way."

Ekitai wasted no time waiting for her answer as she had already kept him waiting and stepped around her carefully exiting the room using by the same means the young girl had used to enter the room before leading the way through the mission compound that had now become somewhat deserted. Walking outside the door Ekitai walked down the small staircase to the street leading the way to the young boy he had passed by earlier. He brandished a devilish smile turning about to face both shinobi and with a polite bow of his head began to speak in a friendly gentle voice.

"Alright then, Deacan graves I presume? This here," he gestured with a modest wave of his hand to the girl and her wolf, "Is Reiko I believe. As we will all be working together on our assignment today I think it would be best if we started with something an exercise rather childish but still valuable. A small self introduction from each of us and a little something about ourselves that we don't already know about the others? I'll start. My name is Ekitai Hozuki, I specialize in suiton techniques and I like to spend what little free time I am granted by learning to play a variety of musical instruments. I must confess though, I'm not very good at all at any of them yet."

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[Deacan]

Deacan watched as many people started walking all over. There was a constant stream of ninja going in and out of the tower and it seemed that his partners would never get there, though it was his fault for being early, again. It was a habit of his to get there before the time listed, in case anything happened that would delay him. The other reason he was so obscenely early getting there was that he didn't stop to do any rounds this morning and didn't get to practice his medical jutsu. It was slightly annoying that he was unable to do it, as the people were his best source of fresh targets to practice on, since the villagers wouldn't like the idea of his cutting something up just to heal it.

When in his daze, he saw a few people walk buy. One was walking as if he was above everyone, and he probably was. To Deacan though, a person who stands above others is just the same on an operating table. Those who were self-confident were fine, but they also annoyed Deacan to some extent. He sighed as he watched the man go by and the people clear out from his path. Deacan kept watching as people continued to go in and out, his partner not among them yet. Deacan could read the rest of the mission, but since he saw the task, he rolled up the scroll after reading his partners name. He would sit there, waiting patiently.

After a few minutes, he saw the Inuzaka girl run inside. He had been on a mission before with her. She was another medic, like him. They didn't exactly have the same ideology on how to practice though. Last time, she was a bit late for her mission with him. He didn't even learn her name on that mission, or if he did he had forgotten it. The Inuzaka clan didn't truly interest him. Their only unique physical characteristic was their attachment to their hound and their enhanced senses. Great to study, but not something he could take a sample of without taking the entire body. His mind started to drift to thoughts of the other clans. Sasanagi, Kage-hebi, and Hozuki, just to name a few. He had a special fondness for the Binary twin clan as well. All of this made him oblivious to the fact people were now in front of him.

He looked at them as they started their introductions and he erased the name, a smirk on his face as he stared at the Hozuki-clan member. Such a magnificent toy he could study, take apart, and play with, if only he had the time and skill. He took out two Ninja info cards and imprinted the Hozuki's image and several other things onto it. It took about 5 seconds, after Deacan had heard his specialty. At the same time, he started filling in the card on the girl as well, already knowing that she at least had some medical knowledge, her name, and that she was an Inuzuka. It was quicker to just update the cards than to have to print everything out.

"Deacan Graves. Genin. Student of the Iryou techniques and studier of the body. I know basic medical techniques and a few other techniques. In my spare time, I heal things and practice my techniques."
It wasn't entirely a lie. He did do healing and practice of his techniques, but he never said the reason was solely to practice on living flesh, on the damaged people. He looked over at the Inuzaka girl. Reiko was her name apparently. It didn't ring any bells, so he just nodded.
"Two medics and a Suiton user. They really know how to pick teams."

Deacan laughed a bit, but then waited for the Inuzaka girl to make her introductions.

[Kastiel]

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[atrb=background,http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr350/superbubblet/TLB/backgrounds/bg260.png] Reiko stepped through the door to see, what she presumed, was one of her teammates. He had dark hair and was dressed in rather fancy clothes for the normal in Kiri. He smiled and spoke quickly, telling her that there would be a third teammate and motioned for her to follow him. He didn't wait for her to reply, but instead went out the way she came in. She followed behind him at a casual pace, feeling no need to hurry now that she had met at least one of the shinobi that would be working with her on this mission. They walked down the small set of stairs and out onto the street. Outside was the boy she had met on her last mission. Reiko had never learned his name but she decided better late then never. It turned out, the boy was Deacan Graves and the older man was named Ekitai Hozuki. Reiko had always found the Hozuki clan quite interesting, with their abilities to turn themselves into a liquid form. It would be an interesting thing to study, such as to find how exactly how their Hydrification Technique works. She eyed Deacan for a moment, studying him and wondering if he was from any sort of clan. Deacan then took out two ninja info cards and put some sort of information on them, most likely about her and Ekitai. She politely waited for him to finish and then began her introduction. "My name is Reiko Inuzuka," She pointed to her ninken who was, as usual, standing a little ways behind her. "This is my ninken, Arashi. She doesn't like people. I practice medical techniques, with a few Inuzuka clan techniques. That's all you need to know. " She hadn't meant to come off as snarky or rude, but it wasn't her way to just go off and tell a stranger and one other person she just met a few days ago a bunch of information about herself. Word Count: 329 Jutsu Used: -Jutsu name (Rank here) -Jutsu name (rank here)

[The Dude]

After Ekitai had finished he glanced curiously at Deacan as he withdrew and began recording information on some ninja info cards, strange things for a young genin to have but Ekitai merely shrugged. The boy then explained that he was a medical capable of basic Iryou as well as a few other techniques and of course it made sense why he had ninja info cards. The kid was a class A bookworm, fine by Ekitai as the village needed all the medics it could get these days. Not all shinobi could merely turn into liquid like he could but that was neither here nor there, he smiled at the boy and nodded approvingly before turning his attention to the girl. She gave a short introduction explaining that of course she was in fact an Inuzuka but also another medicinal practitioner. If he had to make a guess at her psychological profile he would have to say anti-social with a streak of fuck off in the mix. Two medics for partners to a Hozuki to track down and kill a pack of wolves, none of it made sense but frankly it didn't need to.

"Everyone acquainted then? Yes? Good. Then the foremost step we should take is finding these wolves so we can do the assignment given to us," he withdrew his copy of the mission that had more details on it holding it out to the Reiko, "I believe as we are tracking animals that falls under an Inuzuka's specialty. Would you mind leading us miss Reiko?"

Ekitai awaited her to accept the scroll if only to hurry their minor expedition, although he wouldn't say it out loud to them his largest pet peeve was immaturity. These two didn't seem immature yet, but they were clearly young and didn't exactly hold themselves in the most dignified stances. There was likely a chance that any any moment they could and would become a pile of sniveling children. Ekitai's day job was too look after royal blood and this was supposed to be a vacation, how was looking after children anyway to relieve stress. Either way, he would simply have to wait and hope that these two proved themselves a mature pair of medics. Maybe they could even learn some common courtesy as well as a few sophisticated mannerisms by following the Hozuki's example.

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[Kastiel]

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[atrb=background,http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr350/superbubblet/TLB/backgrounds/bg260.png] When the group finished the introductions, Ekitai handed the scroll to Reiko and asked her to lead the squad. She grabbed the scroll and opened it , reading over the mission for a few times. The objective was to find and kill a few very large wolves that have been spotted in the area. It was not that difficult of a mission and with Reiko skills as an Inuzuka it would make things a lot easier. For what she lacked in strength, her two teammates would make up. Arashi might have a few problems with the idea of killing one of her own, but a mission is a mission and needs to be completed no matter what. She nodded in agreement. Yes, her being the leader for this mission made the most sense. Reiko closed her eyes and sniffed. Although this would look silly to somebody who did not know what she was doing, it is very useful. The technique was the most simple of the Inuzuka clan, the Inuzuka no Jutsu. The sense of smell was very accurate and as long as the wolves were in range there would be no problems finding them. "My range is 20 meters. As long as the targets are in that area this will be simple." She informed her team and thought for a moment. There was no wind and that made it both easier and harder. If the wolves scent was carried on the wind then at least they would know they are somewhat close by. But without that Reiko would have to be exactly in range to pick up any trace of the scent. Suddenly, she smelt something. Trees...grass...Wolf..? Arashi smelled it too, because she growled and put her tail up. It was coming farther North, near the edge of the village and by a lot of trees. Both couldn't tell weather it was in or out of the village but there was one way to find out. "North. Near the edge of the village. I can't pinpoint the location. " Reiko motioned for them to follow her and set off. She ran forward, rushing past people mumbling 'sorry' but finally jumped to the roofs when she realized that would be much easier and polite. They neared the edge of the village and Reiko stopped to find the wolves again. This time, it was clear that they where just outside the village gates. She set off again without even bothering to tell her team where she was going, entrusting them to just follow her. She ran through the gates. Wolves are close now... The group went north for a moment before coming face to face with the target. There were five of them, each fighting over a piece of some kind of animal meat. Reiko told Arashi to stick back, wanting the team to get a good look at the other wolves so they would be sure not to confuse them even with the huge difference in size. She scanned them over, memorizing ever detail. The size, the features, the color. Reiko was ready. Word Count: 512 Jutsu Used: -Inuzuka no Jutsu (Dog Sense Technique) (C) -Jutsu name (rank here)

[Deacan]

Deacan smiled as the rest of the team seemed to have no problem sharing their tricks. He knew this village, knew its darker side. Though it didn't happen anymore, there used to be rumors of vicious trials and missions sent to ninjas. Some missions required killing an ally or wounding them. To Deacan, half-truths were his greatest weapon. He wasn't entirely lying when he said he was a medic. He never said that was all he was, after all. He wasn't lying when he said he healed people as a past time either, he just didn't say that the entire time he was thinking of practicing his techniques.

The Hozuki seemed to rush them along. It seemed like he didn't want to be here at all, and Deacan knew the sentiment. For Deacan, this mission had many opportunities though, making it more alluring for him. Dire wolves were big beasts, able to deal strong hits and take them just as well, and this was a pack of Alphas, five of them, but that was according to the mission specifications. The true number could be 6 or 7, if the wolves had one female among them. Deacan liked to take variables like that into the equation, especially for lower ranked missions that seemed easy. It almost always had something hidden.

The Inuzaka girl sniffed the air. To Deacan, it was a bit silly, but as an Inuzaka, their senses were rather high. He could have launched a bird and sought out the enemies, but that would require him to both know what they looked like and a general direction. The crow vision technique was nice, but it required tremendous focus to see through those eyes. Deacan let a faint smile cross his face as the anticipation grew. He was hoping both the dog and the Hozuki would be hurt, possibly the girl as well. Each of them had something to offer him. The Hozuki would allow him to see both how to hurt a Hozuki and what his chakra in a healing form would do to one. The dog would allow him to see how his chakra techniques worked on Nin-beasts, animals that use chakra. He had experience with small birds, but that was his extent. The girl would have been nice to have seen hurt solely to stop her from healing the pup before he got to.

They moved towards the gate and got quiet. They were feeding on something, bothering each other over food. Though they were strong beasts, all animals were vulnerable when eating. It put people off guard and focused their attention elsewhere. He jumped on the roof, halfway between the Hozuki and the Inuzaka child.
"What's the plan? Strike now or wait till they get tired after eating? Most animals get tired after eating since the intestines use up a large amount of energy when you eat. The bigger and more dominant ones would have gotten more food and should be sleepier. Should, being the key word. I am not sure on the anatomy of wolves."
He stated the information as simply as he could. He liked to have a plan, even if the plan was just brute strength.

[The Dude]

Eikitai followed after Reiko casually walking and winding his way through the crowd at a much slower pace than the rest of the team. He waited for the connection to be made and sure enough the young shinobi soon realized why many village shinobi traveled by rooftop while on important business. He sprung lightly onto the rooftops and finally picked up his own pace keeping stride with the group as they traveled swiftly along the rooftops through the mist. In a short expanse of time they were upon the scene and watching from above upon the rooftops as the wolves tore at the fresh flesh of their most recent victim, what appeared to be a small group of children.

Deacan explained his sound logic to the group at large while Ekitai focused more on observing the pack as they ate. He explained that waiting for the pack to be weak might make the assignment easier and prove simpler in the long haul but the more Ekitai watched the wolves the more something seemed off. He didn't answer Deacan yet, merely waited silently as the somber quiet fell upon them and then he heard it. Beneath the growling and barking of the wolves as they fought over food could be heard the weakest voice of a child whimpering.

"Help... m-mummy..."

Ekitai did not bother to even answer Deacan as he sprung down to the ground casting ninja wires out in precise arcs. The wires wound around three of the seven wolves present and with a bursting sprint to the side Ekitai dragged them away from the pack hauling them struggling against the wire away from the child. The other four who had been busy feasting upon the rest of the meal turned their attention to the small horribly mutilated child.

Ekitai had now entrusted the life of the child to them as he retreated with his own wolves for a small battle of his own. Hopefully the young ninja were capable of handling the four remaining on their own but even so Ekitai only drew the three wolves off a distance of ten meters before the broke free of the wires and began to encircle him. Even more important that dispatching the wolves would be the life of the child, which was now in the hands of two young medics. Ekitai couldn't help but shudder at the thought?

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[Kastiel]

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[atrb=background,http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr350/superbubblet/TLB/backgrounds/bg260.png] Deacan had suggested a good plan. His idea was to wait until the wolves were done eating and then attack, since there was a chance the hormones and such in the food would make them tired. Reiko had hear about this somewhere before but there was still a chance it wouldn't work. On the other hand, it was only a c ranked mission and shouldn't be too difficult. Or at least, that's what Reiko thought. Ekitai jumped to the ground and threw ninja wire around three of seven wolves and pulled them away from what they where eating. It was then that Reiko saw that the lump of flesh was actually a child. The poor child was mutilated beyond belief- its entire body caked with blood and most likely an arm or leg broken. He or she, as it was difficult to tell, moaned. Reiko was scared. So the child was still alive, but could it even be possible to save? Was it worth the effort? If it died then all that chakra would be wasted. She looked around quickly before making the decision. "I.. I have too..." She jumped down and pulled out some ninja wire from her holster on her thigh and twirled it like a lasso. Then, Reiko threw it around one of the wolves necks. It was still alive but distracted Four out of the seven wolves were dealt with for now. "Deacan! I need you to deal with the other wolves well I try too.." Reiko trailed off and turned to the child. It was still alive but barley breathing. She walked over and kneel down next to it, noticing that it was a boy. Reiko focused chakra to her hands and placed it over the child's leg, which was bleeding the most. Once the blood was slowed she began to heal the second most injured spot, the child's abdomen. There was a small whimper from the child. Reiko frowned and closed her eyes, focusing as much chakra as she could to try and stop the bleeding. Reiko continued to heal the wounds. The best option would be to try and transfuse blood into the boy, but with the wounds still open that would be useless. Just then, the boy started choking up blood. She stopped the healing and lifted his head up, holding him on an angle that would keep him from choking on the blood and without putting pressure on the broken leg. "Shh.. It will be alright.. the least we can do is stop the pain.." Word Count: 423 Jutsu Used: -Shousen no Jutsu (Mystical Hand Technique) (D) -Jutsu name (rank here)

[Deacan]

Deacan watched the situation unfold unflinchingly. To him, it was an opportunity to practice skills, but that was about it. He felt nothing towards the maimed child and would expect no one to feel the same for him. Ekitai jumped down and took 3 of the wolves. This mission was already over the limitations of what was originally specified. Originally, there were supposed to be 5 Dire Wolves. There were 7 here. This annoyed Deacan and he jumped down after Kastiel, not even waiting for her to finish her sentence about needing help. The wolves were dazed and confused, but Deacan wasn't really suited to combat tasks in the first place. He looked at Ekitai in the distance fighting 3 wolves, and decided he needed to fight a few if he wanted to keep a sample.

"...While I try to..." was all Deacan heard before running at the three wolves, almost suicidal. He kicked dust up at one of them and held up his arms, shooting 3 senbon from each launcher into 2 of the wolves while rushing past. Deacan was more a threat than Kastiel at the moment, so the wolves went after him. He smiled when he looked back. One of the needles had stuck in the left wolf's eye and another needle pierced its ear. The other needle hit somewhere lower on the body, presumably the chest. It wasn't an area as exposed to vital areas as the head, so he didn't focus on it. The other wolf had a needle in its neck, causing a bit of bleeding, but not much. Another needle in the other wolf hit its leg. The third wolf, the one he didn't even shoot at, had no needles in it, but was somewhat winded. It seemed like it was the runt of the pack, making this fight a bit easier.

Deacan looked at Kastiel, the Inuzaka. "Use your pup to hold off the other..." Deacan was cut short by the attack of a wolf lunging at him, causing him to trip and fall over. It was the wolf with the needle in its eye and the other two were circling Deacan. Deacan thought to himself This village must hate me or something.

[The Dude]

The three wolves drawn off by Ekitai had now untangled themselves from the wire but quickly recovered with feral prowess closing in and circling around Ekitai in a standard wolf pack seeking to expose weakness with their superior numbers. Two flanked around his sides while the first continued to stalk forward directly at Ekitai barking and bearing it's teeth menacingly and hungrily. Suddenly he reared up onto his hind legs as if to jump at Ekitai who in turn raised his arms preparing to shield himself from the attack but it never came. It had been a feint! The two wolves from the sides took the moment of distraction to leap at his sides chomping down brutally into his arms and clawing them furiously.

The arms however merely exploded and collapsed under the weight of the wolves into splashing water that quickly reformed into the arms that dove down after the falling wolves. Grabbing them both struggling by the scruff of their necks with a quick and silent roll of his wrists hidden blades extended from the Ekitai's sleeves piercing both wolves through the back of their throats and out the front finally halting their furious flailing on the ground. Ekitai looked up from the two now still wolves only to see the third lunge forward and take a bite out of what would've been Ekitai's face but by the time the wolf's jowl closed, his face had now become water exploding in a spray between the teeth. A now headless Ekitai grabbed hold of the wolf's throat with his left hand and ran his right hand and wrist blade into the beasts chest. Again and again he plunged the blade into the wolf every time rewarded with the fresh spray of blood into the air until his arms grew tired and he cast the third still body to the ground.

Turning to look back to see the others a midst their own fight he observed considering the option he could take to aid them if anything these two would be best used to heal the child so the wolf battle needed to be ended soon. Their only weakness was merely being outnumbered and forced to take action before they could've been ready and better prepared for the fight. Although Ekitai truly doubted the others would need help before he finished, he began to form hand seals preparing a jutsu to aid them with the wolves should any survive much longer. It wasn't likely but it was the only thing he could offer at this point, as he was not a healer from here on the mission and life of the young child was in their hands.

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Ultimate Hydration Technique (Suika no Jutsu)
Rank: D, C, B, A, S [625]
Type: Supplementary / Clan Ninjutsu
Range: Self
Handseals: No.
Chakra: D-C: Low, B-A: Mid, S: High
Special: Initial liquefaction lasts a single turn by default, plus one more for each rank above 'D' obtained. All Hozuki are impervious to non-elemental physical strikes, but are susceptible to Raiton and Hyouton - lightning attacks placed on them are raised by a three full ranks, and when struck by it, they are unable to liquefy properly. Finally, ice jutsu have thrice the freezing capabilities when coming in contact with the Hozuki. Ranks 'D' and 'C' represent the ability to liquefy one and two limbs at a time respectively (be it arms or legs); 'B' rank represents torso; 'A' rank represents head liquidation; 'S' rank allows the user to liquefy all together any time they want. Finally, Hozuki are made of water, so they can use themselves as a base for all suiton based jutsu. Hydration rank also determines rank/level of suiton the Hozuki can birth from their body.
Description: The core technique behind the bloodlimit and the door to stronger, more powerful attacks, this jutsu allows the Hozuki to totally transform their body into a condensed state of water, so dense that the user can withstand even the roughest of physical attacks, yet so malleable that on a whim, they can also decompose into mere puddles. Within their body is a "nucleus" of vital and major organs, from the heart to the intestines. From a single hair to the skin and muscles, everything can be liquefied and solidified, be it to evade an enemy's attack during a short range battle, to infiltrate a structure, or to launch a surprise attack from a liquefied state Maintaining this form requires that the clan member keep themseves constantly hydrated, but in this form the can also draw upon and control nearby water by immersing and merging amongst the liquid. And best of all - by liquefying their whole body at will, it makes it impossible for the Hozuki to receive damage from physical attacks. When the user passes out, they turn into a jelly-like, dormant state until consciousness is regained.
Domain: Hozuki.

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[Kastiel]

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[atrb=background,http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr350/superbubblet/TLB/backgrounds/bg260.png] "Use your pup to hold off the other..." Deacan called out to Reiko. The girl barley had time to think this through as she turned to her ninken and commanded the wolf to try and fight off some of the other wolves. Arashi growled and set off. With her partner gone, Reiko turned back to the boy. Most of the major wounds were now healed but there were still many more to go. Next step would be to clean out the wounds to keep them from infection. The wolves could be carrying many diseases such as rabies or hepatitis and disinfection is an important step. Normally, it would of made more sense to clean the wound before healing it but Reiko had panicked and healed the injuries first. Now she would have to clean the wound that weren't fully sealed and hope the other ones would be okay for the time being. The Clean and Pure technique was a fast acting jutsu so it wouldn't take too long to sterilize everything possible. Reiko preformed the jutsu and was about to get to work when she heard a loud help from behind her. She turned to see Arashi biting the paw of one of the other wolves. Another wolf came up behind Arashi and pounced, sinking his teeth into her neck. The first wolf thats paw was being bitten growled and tried to bite Arashis neck as well, resulting in her biting harder on the paw until there was a snapping sound. Reiko didn't know what to do, To either leave the boy or her ninken. Eventually, She decided that her wolf could handle herself and stayed to heal the boy. Reiko began to clean the wounds, starting with the ones on the childs head and slowly working her way down to the feet. It didnt take long because there wasn't much to clean since most of the wounds were healed over. Once she was done, Reiko used most of what was left of her chakra to heal the last of the injuries. By no means was the child healed, he still had broken bones, possible infections and who knows what else but she was satisfied knowing she helped out and possibly saved a life. "You're lucky we got here when we did.." she whispered and smiled, picking the boy up gently and bringing him away from the battle. His breathing was uneven but other then that his condition was stable. Leaving him there Reiko went back to where the wolves where. Arashi was gone and she didn't have time to search for the ninkens chakra because another wolf stood right in front of her. Its muzzle and chest was caked with dry blood . Reiko glared and unsheathed her Katana. The wolf leaned forward and growled, eying the shiny silver in her hand. Reiko raised her weapon like she was about to struck and spat a single word. "Die." Word Count: 488 Jutsu Used: -Seimei no Jutsu (Clean and Pure Technique) (D) -Shousen no Jutsu (Mystical Hand Technique) (D)

[Deacan]

Deacan smiled as the wolf snarled at him. He pushed his palm onto his senbon that was sticking into the wolf's eye, sending the senbon a little into his palm, until it hit bone. The hard surface forced the senbon to go the other way further, shoving through the eye of the wolf and into the brain. Deacan tossed the pest off as the ninken of the Reiko girl jumped on and started being attacked by the wolves. Deacan sighed and took out his rapier, getting into a stance that had many openings and was solely focused on stabbing the target. It wasn't something he had practice in, but he viewed the rapier as a large needle, and needles he knew how to handle.

The ninken and the wolf dashed off into the forest, leaving one ninken near the gates. Deacan was reasonably sure that, if it came down to it, the Hozuki man would be able to deal with the wolves, so Deacan rushed into the mist of the forest, looking for the ninken and the wolf. It didn't take him long to find the pair, the blood trail being quite obvious. Deacan simply walked behind the wolf and shoved his rapier down into it's back, poking through the flesh and hitting the spine at the base of the neck. He didn't need much strength to do this, all he needed to do was apply a bit of pressure to the rapier and it would glide into the flesh.

Deacan looked at the ninken and smiled a sadistic little grin. It was hurt, but not to badly. He bit his lip and reined in control of his urge to dissect the ninken, due to the fact he heard legends of how well ninken could communicate with Inuzaka clan members. Anything he did could easily be reported, so he decided to simply walk up to the ninken and start healing it. The wolf behind him was by no means dead, but it did look it. The spine being stabbed caused it to go into a state or paralysis. Most wouldn't care beyond the fact that it stopped moving, and so he got a specimen he could research for a bit longer, after this mission was over.

He cleaned the wounds of the ninken with the clean and pure technique, then he proceeded to make some bandages out of another technique he had recently learned. Next, he wrapped the wounds with bandages to prevent further infection. The procedure was almost done as he started to heal the wounds. Finally, he used a technique to increase the blood in the wolf, recovering the blood it lost in the fight. It wasn't a terribly difficult operation and Deacan enjoyed the experience. He was learning a bit on how well the wolves would accept foreign chakra, even for healing. But there were somethings he wasn't able to do to this ninken. He would have to wait for the others to leave to go that far with the wild dire wolf.

[sorry if I meta-gamed a bit on your wolf Kastiel, but you said it wasn't somewhere you could see, so I had to go from there.]

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Seimei no Jutsu (Clean and Pure Technique)
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary / Medical Ninjutsu
Range: Self
Handseals: No
Chakra: Low
Special: Immediately sterilizes a wound in order to prevent infection. Has no effect on poisons or toxins.

Gantai no Jutsu (Bandage Technique)
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary / Medical Ninjutsu
Range: Self
Handseals: Yes
Chakra: Low
Special: Creates up to half a meter's worth of bandages from close material, plus another half meter's worth of bandages for each time the technique is retrained; however, after every fifth retraining, chakra consumption goes up by one.

Yuketsu no Jutsu (Blood Transfusion Technique)
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary / Medical Ninjutsu
Range: Self
Handseals: Yes
Chakra: Mid [initial + upkeep]
Special: Massively reproduces red blood cells in a patient to deal with blood loss. Overuse of the technique can cause high blood pressure. If the technique is used for more than 3 turns, the patient's blood pressure begins to increase dramatically; more than 6 turns, the patient can suffer from burst blood vessels and internal bleeding.

Shousen no Jutsu (Mystical Hand Technique)
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Type: Supplementary / Medical Ninjutsu
Range: Self
Handseals: No
Chakra: Very Low - Very High [initial + upkeep]
Special: Heals and counters damage equal to highest rank known. If healing is stronger than the damage taken, remaining 'Shousen' chakra will course through the target's body until more damage is suffered, essentially helping the medic prevent future injury. Cannot be used on a target with perfect health. Highest rank known also determines the amount of time a medic must spend over their target in order for the healing chakra to be passed on correctly.